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2007
• Solar Keymark obligatory in Germany and the majority of all collectors sold in EU show Solar Keymark
• ESTIF launches the Solar Thermal Action Plan for Europe, projecting 1m /habitant by 2020
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• Drake Landing Solar Community is a Canadian solar district heating system with seasonal thermal storage.
The demonstration project, designed to achieve over 90% solar fraction, was commissioned in the summer
of 2007.
• The first SolNet-course for PhD-students in the solar heating sector took place in Borlänge (SE).
Meanwhile, 16 PhD courses have been conducted with more than 300 participants from all over the world.
Additionally, nine SolNet-courses for Master students took place in connection with Eurosun-conferences
since 2000 in Copenhagen (DK). Over that time almost 200 students have participated in the courses that
are organised by the University of Kassel (DE) in close cooperation with local partners.

2008
• The European: Solar thermal market has its historical record sales year, reaching 3,3 GWth of new capacity,
equivalent to 4,75 mil m of collector area.
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• Solarthermalworld.org initiated by the European Copper Institute (ECI) with the aim of providing
stakeholders from research, public and private sector all around the globe with first-class information
about solar heating and cooling.
• Creation of the European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling.
• China SAC TC 402, the mirror committee of ISO TC 180 in China in charge of standardization in the field of
solar collectors, solar thermal components, solar water heating system, solar cooker, solar passive house.
• Publication of the ground breaking “Potential study for solar thermal in Europe”, modelling the potential
contribution solar thermal in the European Union up to 2050, based on thre main scenarios.

2009
• BURJ KHALIFA tower, Dubai, UAE -tallest building of the world installs, 1.020m² flat plate collectors with
80m heat store.
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• SOLTRAIN - Southern African Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative is a regional program
of capacity building and demonstration of solar thermal systems in the SADC region. It is funded by the
Austrian Development Agency and OFID. The implementing agency of SOLTRAIN is AEE INTEC, an
Austrian institute for applied research. In 2020 it is in its fourth phase of cooperation with Botswana,
Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe

10.5 CSP 2000-2009

2003
• Work on the Eurotrough was completed.

2004
• Ausra completed a 1 MWth CSP plant using Fresnel technology to supplement the 2000 MW coal-fired
Liddell Power Station, subsequently increased up to 9 MWth by 2008. This was the world’s first solar
thermal power collector system for coal‐fired power augmentation. In December 2010, Novatec Solar was
awarded the contract to expand the facility with another 9.3 MWth. This phase was completed by October
2012.

2005
• The U.S. Congress established the Loan Guarantee program at DOE which provided long term low interest
debt and States enacted renewable portfolio standards which created a market demand for CSP.

2006
• Solargenix built the 1 MW Saguaro CSP trough demonstration plant in Arizona.

2007
• The Royal Decree in Spain set a feed-in tariff for CSP that attracted the attention of project developers.
This led to a major expansion of CSP development in Spain.
• PS 10, a 10 MW steam power tower, began operation in Spain.
• Nevada Solar One, a 64 MW trough plant in Nevada, built by Solargenix and then sold to Acciona,
began operation.

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